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Nitro Zeus
Asalaamu Alaikum,
Regarding your questions:
1. A person can only be buried in Makkah or Madina if they happened to die there. One cannot be transferred from a different part of the world to be buried in Makkah or Madina. Whilst it is most praiseworthy for us to have intentions of being buried amongst the righteous and in the holy lands, what matters most is that we die in a state where upon Allah is most pleased with us and not in the state of disobedience to Allah.
We must remember that it is our level of Taqwa and our deeds that will enable us to gain the intercession of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) not just where we die. Therefore, we must act according to Allah's commands and try our best to emulate the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) by acting according to his Sunnah both inwardly and outwardly. We must certainly make Dua that Allah enables us to die in a state where he is most pleased with us and not in a state where he is displeased with us. We can also ask of him to enable us to die and be buried in the Holy lands due to our love for it.
However, know that as long as we die upon the obedience of Allah in a state where he is most pleased with us then it does not matter where die and are buried, for our graves will become like a piece of the garden of Paradise. Therefore, our main focus must be on bettering ourselves and our characters and making sure we follow the commands of Allah and are most obedient towards him and do everything we can to please him until death reaches us.
2. This question is answered above. However, for more specific hugely rewarding deeds to help us reach the highest levels of Paradise then please see the following:
30 ways to Gain the Top Ranks of Jannah
3. Hajj can now only be booked online for Pilgrims in Europe via the following website:
https://www.motawif.com.sa/home/en-eu
So, you must register your interest when the applications are open again soon after Ramadan. Ask of Allah to make it easy for you to go Hajj and to call upon you for you to be able to make this sacred journey.
4. I do not see what the purpose of you wanting him to visit you in your dream? If your grandfather was a Muslim then you can certainly benefit him by making much Dua for him for his forgiveness and success in the Hereafter and also give charity on his behalf like various Sadaqah Jaariya (ongoing charity) porjects such as water wells, Masjids etc. You can also visit his grave for he will recognise you, for it is reported that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, “There is not a person who passes by the grave of his fellow believer whom he used to know in this life, and sends greetings (i.e. salam) upon him, except that he recognises him and returns his greetings.” [Ibn `Abd al-Barr, al-Istidhkar, as related by al-`Iraqi in his Takhrij al-Ihya’]
5. Regarding the recitation of Surah Mulk then it is to be recited anytime in the night before one goes to sleep. Tuhfatul al-Ahwathi reads:
“The saying: the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) did not use to sleep until he would recite Soorah Tanzeel As-Sajdah, i.e. Soorah As-Sajdah [Quran 32] and Tabaarak, i.e. Soorah Al-Mulk [Quran 67]. At-Teebi said, 'Until the time before he sleeps and it is probable that the meaning is when bedtime starts; he does not sleep until he recites them, and he never sleeps until he recites them, so the meaning is that it was not his habit to sleep before he would recite them, so the time of reciting them is any time before sleeping. If it was said that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) used to recite them at night, it would not mean this meaning.'”
Al-Qaari’ may Allaah have mercy upon him said, “The benefit is that it means before he would sleep, and there is no doubt that the second probability is more likely as it does not need an estimate of restricting the time."
Based on the above, Soorah Al-Mulk is recited at bedtime, or a Muslim recites it at any part of the night before he sleeps; what is important is that he does not sleep until he recites it.
Also in a hadeeth that was reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim and narrated by Ibn Mas'ood may Allaah be pleased with him and says that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said, “Whoever recites the last two verses from Soorah Al-Baqarah in a night, they will suffice him.”
Source:
https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/33...soorah-al-mulk
6. This was already answered in point 1.
And Allah knows best in all matters